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Friday, November 30, 2007

Confiture!

I'm posting in time today for breakfast/ petit dejeuner...Jam anyone?I love jam almost as much as I love macarons... I spent a lot of time gazing at these jam jars of Christine Ferber confiture at the Lafayette Gourmet.Just a portion of the different flavors/ parfumsChristine Ferbier makes. You can make them yourself if you get her book.Everybody makes jam! Pierre Herme works with Christine Ferber to create special flavorsthat tie in with his pastry collections.French patisseries have jam too.

I was influenced by jam from an early age...

I adore their handmade labels. The French labels with handwriting on them are especially endearing - as if your grandmother made them.

That's why I redesigned the Paris Breakfasts banner as a jam jar label.

A real grandmother was at the SALON DU CHOCOLAT selling her jams. Grandmere Ezilda Lapasse Depardieu of le jardin des gourmandises from Domaine du Tronchay. You can go and stay in her Chambres d'Hôtes and eat jam morning, noon and night = Heaven. I bought the "Fruits Rouges" made of (all red fruits) fraises, cassis, groseilles, griottes, framboises =Maim

Love your watercolor. Love Jam too. We have been making our own for the last couple years & it's soooo good. I will have to check out that cookbook. I have actually covered the tops like the ones shown here with little cloth caps and ribbon and sent off as gifts.Another great post.

I adore jam! I should, because I'm always in one.At the supermarket I buy Bonne Maman (and of course save the jars!) but my favorite American brand is American Spoon Foods--totally yum! Christine's book has been on my Amazon wish list for too long! Sometimes, I take the plunge and make my own--the last jar of Meyer lemon/grapefruit marmalade is in my fridge right now, sitting all rosy pink and yellow right next to the lapin a la Longears! Come to think of it, you have inspired a new dish which, in all fairness, I shall name in your honor: Lapin a la jam framboise mlle Carol!

Re: watercolors...please please include the Eiffel tower. I visited Paris for the first time this past June and could not get enough. Already planning my next trip. Loved all the little cafes. Love getting your emails, loved the Ritz, love JAM. Thanks again.Lissa

Hmmm... any red fruit confiture is what I like (we do some raspberry and blackberry at home.) What a lovely watercolour you have done with it. Seeing the photos I realize the polyedric glass with ten sides is rather typical of french manufacturers.

Jam, jam, jam. Yum.(and all those amazing sounding flavors! Especially the ones I could sort of decipher). One of my favorite things too. Most years I try to make some fruity-herb jelly combinations (grape-thyme, cinnamon-clove basil, lemon verbena, apple-rose geranium, etc...) This year with all its deadlines has gotten away from me, but I will look forward to next summer's herbs and spicy jellies!

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I moved to Paris 2 years ago. I should have done it sooner but that's how the macaron crumbles. Living on the Ile Saint Louis next to the Seine after the 19eme is 'la cerise sur la gâteau'. It doesn't get any better. I've painted watercolors for Bocuse, Champagne Mumm, Guerlain, Frederick Cassel, The Russian Tearoom and the Maharana of Udaipur.
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